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Athens among winners of Bloomberg Philanthropies 2014 Mayors Challenge

Athens was one of five cities to win the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2014 Mayors Challenge on Thursday.

The Greek capital won the 1-million-euro award for the City of Athens’s Synathina online platform connecting the local authority with civil society.

Barcelona, Kirklees, Stockholm and Warsaw were the other winners.

Every Third Bulgarian Tourist to Spend September Holidays in Greece

Many Bulgarians will spend the long weekend including September 22, Bulgarian Independence Day, in one of the neighboring countries.

Every third tourist who will travel abroad for the holidays chooses to go to Greece, according to Bayko Bajkov, head of the Association of Bulgarian Tour Operators and Travel Agents (ABTTA), Standart news informs.

Sekaric achieves Rio 2016 Olympic qualification standard

GRANADA - Serbian shooter Jasna Sekaric finished seventh in the 10m Air Pistol event at the World Championships in Granada and achieved the qualification standard for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Sekaric qualified for the 2016 Olympics as Hungarian Renata Tobai Sike, who finished among the top six, had already qualified for the 2016 Olympics in pistol shooting.

France stun Spain as Serbia rout Brazil to set up semifinal clash

Huge upsets lit up the basketball World Cup on Sept. 10 as France beat hosts Spain 65-52 while Serbia thumped Brazil 84-56 to set up an intriguing semifinal clash.

Holders the United States and Lithuania will meet in the first semi in Barcelona on Sept. 11 while the Serbs and the French will lock horns in Madrid on Sept. 12.

Turkey’s ‘Giants’ to meet Lithuania after Aussie miracle

Turkey will face Lithuania in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup quarterfinals Sept. 9, after a dramatic victory over Australia.

Fenerbahçe Ülker forward Emir Preldzic nailed two late three-pointers, including one that he landed five seconds left in the play, to cap a stunning 65-64 comeback victory over Australia in the round of 16 game on Sept. 7.

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